State: Boca doc failed to properly treat cancer of FAU student

The Florida Health Department is seeking to revoke the medical license of a Boca Raton doctor who failed to properly treat the cancer of a Florida Atlantic University student, according to a story by Health News Florida.

According to testimony from the patient’s mother, Martha Sofronsky, Woliner said he didn’t think Stephanie had cancer despite it being diagnosed by three different hospitals.

Woliner seemed more inclined to think Sofronsky’s symptoms came from allergies to mold and other substances, she said.

Sofronsky died in February 2013, two years after seeking Woliner’s help. An autopsy by a Palm Beach County medical examiner attributed her death to untreated Hodgkin lymphoma. She was one year from graduation at FAU.

Woliner’s attorneys argue that Sofronsky was an adult who chose her course of treatment. They say Woliner wasn’t even her primary care physician.

“Dr. Woliner was engaged to investigate Sofronsky’s thyroid issues, not to diagnose or treat her cancer,” wrote George Indest III and Lance Leider of The Health Law Firm in Altamonte Springs.